Emerald Guitars Blog

Alex was looking for a Carbon guitar with a full rich tone with lots of bass yet still wanted comfort and playability so of course we recommended our X30 to him. To make the Aesthetics as special as the tone he chose a beautiful Padauk veneer and we added a subtle curvature to the

A Selection Of 2018 Custom Cocobolo Guitars Emeralds Cocobolo Journey For the last number of years I have been searching the world and building a collection of the finest wood veneers that nature has to offer. We love building carbon guitars but when you combine the strength and stability of carbon with the natural

Johnny Gallagher Insights On The Emerald X10 A luthiers thoughts on the X10 – Alistair Hay It’s no secret that I have a love for the electric guitar, I have been asked many times why Emerald don’t build Electrics. Well in many ways I would love to, but right now I feel we have much

20 years after building the very first Emerald guitar, Alistair set about creating 3 new models to mark the occasion. Watch the video above for the first-look and unveiling of the guitars at the Art of Guitar event, which was held this summer.

20 years after the creation of the very first Emerald Guitar, Alistair gathered some of the finest musicians the North West of Ireland had to offer, as well as some friends from further afield, to host a night of celebration in An Grianan Theatre, Letterkenny, Co Donegal.